US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 27 for "Methods and tools for forming composite structures with preferable wrinkle configurations" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,856, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and tools for forming composite structures with preferable wrinkle configurations" was invented by Christopher R. Loesche (Bothell, Wash.) and Marcus C. Hart (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and tools for forming a composite structure with a desired wrinkle configuration are disclosed herein. An example method includes shaping a composite material using a tool. In some examples, the shaping comprises forming a desired wrinkle configuration in the conformable material. An example tool for forming a composite structure includes a cur...